The operational requirements are a bit stringent, though—there are certain staffing and compliance requirements for the studio and transmitter facilities. And

The operational requirements are a bit stringent, though—there are certain staffing and compliance requirements for the studio and transmitter facilities. And even low-power AM transmission stations need an annoying amount of physical plant maintenance—cutting grass, trimming overgrowth, fixing all the random annoying issues that crop up when maintaining any kind of equipment at a remote site (theft, rodents, water ingress, cooling, power, comms, etc.).